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Light-Toned Deposits along Coprates Chasma Slopes
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Valles Marineris contains kilometers-thick light-toned layered sedimentary deposits along many of its floors. In this image, similar light-toned layered deposits are observed, except these are found along steeper wallrock slopes in Coprates Chasma.
Compositional data from CRISM and also stereo images -- which we use to create 3D images -- can help scientists determine how these sediments were deposited and if they are the same as the thicker deposits seen along the chasma floors.
This is a stereo pair with ESP_034975_1670 .
Background Info:
HiRISE is one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the orbiter's HiRISE camera, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) | Mariner |
| Instrument Host | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | Flyby Spacecraft |
| Instrument | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) | Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Color, Map | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2014-02-22 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17927 | |
| Identifier | PIA17927 | |
